<p>to come across sth /s.o. to get on (well) with s.o. an expression in a text someone in your family a friend in the street a friend an interesting article in a magazine a colleague to run out of sth to put (sth) off sth/ to put off doing sth petrol the homework milk going to the gym time / patience /control the housework to get rid of sth to put up with sth/s.o. old clothes a grumpy member of your family old toys a difficult customer nuclear weapons people pushing and shoving on the bus to set out …. to keep up with ….. to look for a place things in the news on a journey other students in the class to pull the wool over someone’s eyes the homework to turn out … to run up against st h to be more difficult/expensive than you expected a problem badly/well a difficult situation to be true stiff /strong opposition to be fed up with sth/s.o. to hang back from doing sth a hectic life /traffic jams doing the exam Madrid offering your help someone pestering you starting a project to get out of sth /doing sth to cheer (s.o.) up s.o. visiting relatives a colleague who is down in the dumps a boring meeting a classmate who got a bad result doing a difficult job at work a sibling who’s going through a rough patch</p>